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Noun
S:
(n)
skinny
(confidential information about a topic or person)
"he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
scraggy
,
scraggly
,
boney
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bony
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scrawny
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skinny
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underweight
,
weedy
(being very thin)
"a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"; "pale bony hands"
S:
(adj)
skinny
(of or relating to or resembling skin)
S:
(adj)
tight-fitting
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tightfitting
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tight fitting
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tightly fitting
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skinny
(fitting snugly)
"a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
S:
(adj)
cheeseparing
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close
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near
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penny-pinching
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skinny
(giving or spending with reluctance)
"our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"